In 2005, Business Roundtable launched the Partnership for Disaster Response to expand corporate commitment - beyond financial contributions - to disaster response.

American-based companies and their employees were extremely generous following the Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and the South Asia earthquake, as evidenced by their contributions to relief efforts, which totaled more than $1.7 billion. Building on that outpouring of support, the Partnership for Disaster Response aims to bring together the many resources and capabilities of the private sector to enhance and accelerate on-the-ground relief and recovery following major natural disasters in the United States and abroad.